AWS - Prune

The prune command removes old versions of deployed Lambda functions and layers, keeping only the specified number of most recent versions.

serverless prune -n <number>

Options

• --number or -n Required. Number of previous versions to keep.
• --stage or -s The stage to prune.
• --region or -r The region to prune.
• --function or -f Limit pruning to a specific function.
• --layer or -l Limit pruning to a specific layer.
• --includeLayers or -i Include layers in pruning.
• --dryRun or -d Preview what would be deleted without deleting.
• --verbose Enable detailed output.

Provided lifecycle events

• prune:prune

Examples

Keep 3 most recent versions

serverless prune -n 3

Dry-run to preview deletions

serverless prune -n 3 --dryRun --verbose

Prune a specific function

serverless prune -n 5 -f myFunction

Prune including layers

serverless prune -n 3 --includeLayers

Prune only a specific layer

serverless prune -n 3 -l myLayer